Combined awning and house construction.



A. FOHSYTH.

COMBINED AWNING AND HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. I915- Patented Feb. 15, 191

' i 1 ENTOR.

BY my ATTORNEY WITNESSES To all whom it may concern ATES AT ALEXANDER FoRsY'rII, or strA nIsIi, M cIIIG N.

COMBINED AWNING AND HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed. March 18, 1915. Serial No. 15,371.

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER FoRsYTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Standish, in the county of Arenac and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Awning and House Construction; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to, make and use the same.

This invention relates to awnings, and pertains more particularly to awnings adapted for protecting all four sides of buildings, such as small portable houses, invalids sleeping quarters and buildings of like nature, in which the upper part of the.

against described, having means by which the -occupant can easily and quickly raise or lower I any side or all four sides of the awning without going out of the room, thereby avoiding exposure to the weather.

A still further object is to so construct the awning devices that they will form an integral part of the building, and so arranged that the awning posts comprise also the corner posts of the frame, the posts being so made that they not only act as awning supports and guides, but also enable the side walls of the building to be easily and rapidly assembled or taken down.

With these and certain other objects in view that will appear later in the specification, my invention consists in the devices Y described and claimed and the equivalents Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 191

parts show n in FigT EZ. -Fig. tis a plan view of one corner of theframe of the building, showing the manner of connecting the sills to .thevcorjner post.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, the device consists in an awning or curtain of canvas, orany suitable materiaLadapted to be attached at one edge to the roof 2 of the building, and so-shaped that it willwhen raised form substantially a continu- I ationv of the :roof around all four sides of the building. r I 1 I vThe .outer, e eof the awningl is reinforced .with acord or rope 1 stitched or otherwise secured to it, the rope extending clear around the" building. At each corner of. the building, and hingedat its upper end to'the corner post .3 is an awning arm' 4, which in its raised position has practically the'same, slope as the roof, and when lowered, lies flat against the outer face of the corner post. The post 3 is of triangula-r cross-section, two -of its sides forming abutments against which the side walls 4* and 5 of the building are secured, and its third side forming the outer face of the corner, the fa'ce'being preferably at an angle of approximately forty-five degrees with the side walls, and'forming a beveled cor-' ner of the building. This construction enables the'arm e to be securely hinged soflit Will. extend diagonally from the corner when raised, and will lie flat against the corner when lowered.

The corner post 3 is provided with a longitudinal slot 6, through which loosely passes a bar 7 pivoted at its upper end 8 to the arm 4:, and provided with a pivotally mounted sliding block 9 that travels up and down the outer face of the corner post 3 when raising the arm 4. The inner or lower end of bar 7 projects into the building and serves as a handle by which the arm 4 is manipulated; When the arm is in its raised position, the angle of the bar 7 with relation to the post may be such that the block 9 will be held in place by friction against the face of the post, or a suitable fastening bolt or pin 10 may be provided in the post to.

keep the arm from dropping.

The operation of the awning is as follows: To raise the curtain, the occupant of the building merely pushes outwardly and upwardly on the bar 7, thus raising the arm 4 and the awning at one cornerof the building. After securing the bar by means of pm 10,

he raises and fastens the other three arms. The raising of the fourth arm pulls the cord at the outer edge of the awning taut, thus tightening the entire awning, in a similar manner to the tightening of an umbrella cover when the ribs are raised. In case of storm or wind, one or more sides of the awning can be dropped by releasing the corresponding bars 7, without leaving the room.

The triangular corner post not only serves as a convenient means for supporting the awning arm and guiding the bars 7, but also enables the sides of the building to be readily assembled and taken down. The construction by which this object is attained is illusrecessed into the flat face of the corner post 8.

By the means above described, I have produced an awning construction for buildings of the class described,-that is easy to assemble and to operate, and can be quickly adjusted to suit any conditions of weather without making it necessary for the occupant to leave the building.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a building frame, a corner post, an arm hinged at its upper end to said diagonally disposed slot to receive said bar,

and an awning carried by said arm, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a building frame, a corner post of triangular cross section having its diagonal face disposed outwardly, an arm hinged at its upper end to the diagonal face of said post, a bar hinged at its upper end to said arm, the said corner post formed with a diagonally disposed slot to receive said bar, a rope secured to the end of said arm, and

an awning carried by said arm and rope for mounted sliding block secured to said bar,

and adapted to engage the outer face of said post, a rope secured to the end of said arm, and an awning carried by said arm and rope for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, I aifiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER FORSYTH.

Witnesses NELLIE M. ANGUS, J osnrrr V. CARPENTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

